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    The surname Hillery

    A surname, carried by 1,740 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex H460

    Hillery: #16,509 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hillery #16,509, 1,740 people Hillery: #16,509 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hillery #16,509, 1,740 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hillery is more common than 89.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,740 people named Hillery in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 177,440 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,507.

    #16,509
    rank among US surnames
    1,740
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.5%
    change since 2000 (was #17,296)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,502Kittredge1,741177,338
    #16,509Everman1,740177,440

    Who is named Hillery

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    58% of people named Hillery identified as white (not Hispanic), 38% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 58%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 38%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hillerys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Patrick Hillery
      6th president of Ireland (1923–2008)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hillery

    Hillery has the Soundex code H460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H460.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hillery?
    1,740 people in the United States had the surname Hillery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,440 Americans. It ranked 16,509th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hillery?
    In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Hillery identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hillery?
    Patrick Hillery, 6th president of Ireland (1923–2008).
    Where is the surname Hillery most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hillery in Irish Free State.
    Is the surname Hillery getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,507 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,740 in 2010, up 16%.